Expressing concern over employees’ health has backfired on the world’s leading fast food producer, McDonald’s. Its own employee resources website recommended workers to avoid burgers and fries whenever possible due to health risks.

The McResource site, notorious for giving advice
on how to make ends meet working for $7.25 an hour at McDonald’s,
has cooked up another gem: the folks preparing and serving
McDonald’s food should actually avoid eating it themselves –
because it is unhealthy.

To illustrate the difference between ‘unhealthy choice’ and the
‘healthier choice’, the website of the food chain that employs
some 700,000 people worldwide, for some reason countered graphics
depicting a typical McDonald’s meal with graphics very much
resembling a meal at the company’s major competitor, Subway: a
sandwich with salad and a glass of water.

“Fast foods are quick, reasonably priced, and readily
available alternatives to home cooking. While convenient and
economical for a busy lifestyle, fast foods are typically high in
calories, fat, saturated fat, sugar, and salt and may put people
at risk of becoming overweight,” the site said.

Instead of eating a cheeseburger and fries, McResource advises to
“Eat at places that offer a variety of salads, soups and
vegetables to maintain your best health.”

“Although not impossible it is more of a challenge to eat
healthy when going to a fast food place. In general, avoiding
items that are deep fried are your best bet,” McDonald’s
revealed.

The corporate website also warns that “people with high blood
pressure, diabetes, and heart disease must be very careful about
choosing fast food because of its high fat, salt, and sugar
levels” and calls to “limit the extras such as cheese, bacon and
mayonnaise.”

After the new set of stunning revelations from McDonald’s drew
the attention of media worldwide, McDonald’s issued a statement
saying that, “Portions of this website continue to be taken
entirely out of context. This website provides useful information
from respected third-parties about many topics, among them health
and wellness. It also includes information from experts about
healthy eating and making balanced choices. McDonald’s agrees
with this advice.”

Even though a spokesperson for McDonald’s, Lisa McComb, told CNBC
that the data from the corporate website web site “does not
advise against fast food”, the McResource site has already
made way too many controversial remarks lately.

Just a couple of weeks ago fast-food workers in over 100 American
cities walked off the job, demanding a $15 federal minimum wage,
a two-fold rise from the current level. At the very same time
McDonald’s corporate website generously shared with its employees
some nuances on how to tip dog walkers, house keepers, massage
therapists, personal fitness instructors, pool cleaners, au pairs
and other services they are definitely unlikely to make use of
ever.

In October McDonald’s workers unable to pay their bills or stay
above the poverty line were advised to find help from food
pantries or enlist in government benefit programs, instead of
seeking higher wages
(http://rt.com/usa/mcdonalds-help-broke-food-stamps-649/).